Joint meeting Monday for city county Holcomb officials
Finney County Garden City and Holcomb elected leaders meet for their quarterly joint meeting Monday from 11 30 a m to 1 p m at El Charro Topics include updates from Finney County on Rural Sewer District No 3 the Holcomb Bridge project and the Holcomb Main Street project Garden City discusses Fleming Street extension to U S 50 and community planning
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Finney County
Garden City
Holcomb
el Charro
Holcomb Main Street
Fleming Street
U.S. 50
Moran to host farm bill forum in Finney County
Congressman Jerry Moran will lead a districtwide farm bill forum via interactive television at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Finnup Center Lee Richardson Zoo. The 90 minute meeting invites First Congressional District residents to discuss the next farm bill with Moran and leaders of the House Agriculture Committee with coffee and donuts provided.
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Jerry Moran
Finnup Center
E. Finnup Drive
Lee Richardson Zoo
Moran
House Agriculture Committee
Finney County Farm Bureau Association
DuVall to share secrets of success June 7
DuVall, a professional speaker and author, will present his program June 7 at Garden City Plaza Hotel Ballroom 1911 E Kansas Ave after a 6 27 p.m. dinner. Sponsored by Concept PSA of Kansas the event features DuVall sharing business and life lessons and his book How To Conquer Giants. For details call 620 276 2777 or 800 300 6300.
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Duke DuVall
Garden City Plaza Hotel
E. Kansas Ave
DuVall
Concept Psa of
Kansas
L.D
Cheryl D. Niedens
Garden City
University of Alabama
Jim Nabors
Homebuying Workshop Set for Garden City June 20
Housing and Credit Counseling Inc. invites the public to a free homebuying workshop at Garden City Community College Academic Building Room B120 on June 20 from 5 30 to 9 30 p m. Attendees learn the full buying process including down payments credit financing offers and closing. Sponsors include Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing and USDA Rural Development.
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Housing and Credit Counseling Inc
Garden City
John Davis
Garden City Community College
Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Usda Rural Development
OPPD Plans Wind Turbine Test in Nebraska
Omaha Public Power District will install a wind turbine to generate electricity and test its viability for eastern Nebraska. Valmont Industries will build and provide land for the model display, seeking international marketing. The project’s final cost will be negotiated, and it will be OPPD’s first wind turbine and the fifth in the state.
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Omaha, Neb
Omaha
School board weighs redraw of Sitts Stones boundaries
USD 457 board to consider shifting intermediate borders to rebalance Sitts and Stones enrollment after Sitts grows 50 students and could be 220 ahead next year. Garfield fourth graders switch to Stones. Sarfield students move too. Meeting 7:30 at Educational Service Center 1205 Fleming St.
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Bernadine Sitts
Charles Stones
Sitts
Stones
USD 457 Board of Education
Educational Service Center
Fleming St
Sarfield
Jim Lentz
Garfield
Lentz
USD 457
Southwest Plains Regional Service Center
Farm Bureau urges end to estate tax in Kansas
Kansas Farm Bureau calls for repeal of the federal estate tax arguing it harms family farms. The piece cites data showing few Kansas farms pay the tax, with only about 35 affected of 2083 in the farm management system, and discusses impacts on land concentration, compliance costs, and possible budget effects if the tax ends.
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Topeka
Kansas
Congress
Kansas Farm Bureau
Ted Turner
Kansas Buffalo Ranch
Roger McBowen
Kansas State University
Farm Bureau
Patty Clark
Kansas Farm Management System
Chuck Hassebrook
Center For Rural Affairs
Hassebrook
Clark
John Schlageck
Newton-area
Gordon Schmidt
Schmidt
Bush
K-State
McBowen
State Revenue Department
Elwood hit by Snorkel layoffs and store closure
Elwood Missouri braces after Snorkel International cuts 200 local jobs and halts production for three weeks. Payless Cashways closes Elwood location costing 23 jobs, with some workers offered transfers to St Joseph. Mayor Jim Rader says the town of 1200 will feel the blow. the company cites 1993 flood impacts and prior layoffs earlier this year.
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Elwood
Snorkel International
Missouri
Kansas
Snorkel
Jim Rader
Lee’s Summit
St. Joseph, Mo
Utility's rate hike questioned in Kansas hearings
An attorney for the Kansas regulatory staff pressed Western Resources on its claim that higher electric rates are needed to fund power plant construction. Western seeks a 151 million dollar rate increase, arguing timing and inflation require it to add plants, while staff proposes cutting rates for one subsidiary and minor changes for another. James Martin warned that rate reductions could jeopardize service and future plant builds.
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Kansas Corporation Commission
KCC
Glenda Cafer
Western
James Martin
Cafer
Martin
KGB
KPL
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OPPD
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Megan Katz
Fermina Ontiveros
CNA
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